The Eredivisie league standings tell the truth about these participants to this date, with PSV in front of FC Groningen by 26 points. Get your full match preview:
- PSV have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Eredivisie
- FC Groningen is in the worst form (0-1-5)
The hosts PSV saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the KNVB Beker. Thankfully the previous game, versus FC Emmen, was also a home game here at Philips Stadion. The away team is better rested.
PSV form and stats
8-1-1 is the performance here at Philips Stadion so far in the Eredivisie, giving PSV a total of 25 from their 10 games here. Outstanding results! Hopes of three in a row are alive for PSV after consecutive victories at their own ground.
PSV's previous fixture was a KNVB Beker game also played at their own arena, ending 3-1 versus FC Emmen. The home team are looking to continue in that form. Branthwaite, defender, was given a rating of 9.11/10 in that game, top of the team. Branthwaite scored two goals and won 8 of 10 duels.
2-2 away at Feyenoord before that.It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how PSV have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 8 games found in the database showing 8 PSV wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
Goals are plentiful at Philips Stadion in the league this season as PSV has scored 28 goals here in 10 home games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. PSV have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
FC Groningen form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FC Groningen so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-7 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Groningen, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
FC Groningen delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against FC Twente (placed 5th) in their previous game. The draw against FC Twente came from a losing position. The Groningen manager der Ree brought on Antman as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Hove got a match rating of 8.44 in that game, top player of the team. Hove served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
Prior to that match, the FC Groningen manager der Ree faced defeat when travelling to FC Volendam and losing 2-3.The attacking power of Groningen when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. FC Groningen have conceded 21 goals in these games. FC Groningen has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
FC Groningen - PSV 4-2 was the story when these participants formerly did battle, earlier this season. PSV-FC Groningen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: PSV eight wins, FC Groningen one win, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  X. Simons 9 goals |   R. Pepi 7 goals |  G. Til 6 goals |
PSV missing players
FC Groningen missing players
| PSV | FC Groningen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 49 | 28 | 12 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 25 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | 41 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 70% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 70% |
| 65% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| 45% | 40% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 40% |
| 35% | 40% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 30% |
| 55% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 60% |
| 30% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 15% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 30% |
| 6.6 | 6.9 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 4.2 | 3.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.5 | 6.3 |
| 1.3 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18.1 | 18.7 | 18.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.7 | 8.7 | 11 |
| 7 | 6.9 | 9.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 35% | 41% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 28% | 30% |
| 11.6 | 9.2 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.7 | 14.9 | 15.3 |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.3 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
- FC Groningen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- FC Groningen have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Eredivisie
- FC Groningen have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Eredivisie
- FC Groningen have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Eredivisie
- FC Groningen is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- PSV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- PSV have scored more than double the goals of FC Groningen.
- PSV have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Eredivisie
- PSV have the most scored goals (28) at home in Eredivisie
- PSV have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Feyenoord | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 27 | 43 |
| 2 | AZ | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 41 |
| 3 | Ajax | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 35 | 40 |
| 4 | PSV | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 39 |
| 5 | FC Twente | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 37 |
| 6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 34 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | SC Heerenveen | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 27 |
| 9 | RKC Waalwijk | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | NEC | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Vitesse | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -12 | 20 |
| 14 | Excelsior | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 43 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 28 | -23 | 20 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -23 | 17 |
| 16 | FC Emmen | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -19 | 16 |
| 17 | FC Groningen | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 13 |
| 18 | SC Cambuur | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -24 | 12 |
